Westminster

Keir Starmer exclusive: 'There's always that challenge of getting good news out there'
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Politics

Keir Starmer exclusive: 'There's always that challenge of getting good news out there'

In an exclusive interview, prime minister Keir Starmer explains how Renters' Rights Act will allow monumental changes to come into force – changes that Big Issue and other organisations have spent years campaigning to make happen
House of Campaigns: We need to open parliament up to campaigners to give us the voice we deserve
The House of Commons
Richard Ellis

House of Campaigns: We need to open parliament up to campaigners to give us the voice we deserve

Should MPs be moved out of parliament while it is restored?
Politics

Should MPs be moved out of parliament while it is restored?

Big Issue founder renews calls for child poverty targets: 'I am gifting the government a chance'
Child poverty

Big Issue founder renews calls for child poverty targets: 'I am gifting the government a chance'

Scotland's move to abolish poverty by ending two-child benefit cap must inspire Westminster
Sabine Goodwin

Scotland's move to abolish poverty by ending two-child benefit cap must inspire Westminster

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Westminsterism may think it knows best – but dismantling it can help us move forward
Affected families in Westminster after the damning report into the infected blood scandal was published
John Bird

Westminsterism may think it knows best – but dismantling it can help us move forward

Outgoing MP Mhairi Black on Trump, Tory culture wars and why UK is creeping towards fascism
Exclusive

Outgoing MP Mhairi Black on Trump, Tory culture wars and why UK is creeping towards fascism

Mr Bates vs The Post Office and the primetime push for justice
Toby Jones in Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Paul McNamee

Mr Bates vs The Post Office and the primetime push for justice

Doctors’ strikes are a matter of life and death for some. Why does Westminster allow them to drag on?
Striking junior doctors holding banners
Paul McNamee

Doctors’ strikes are a matter of life and death for some. Why does Westminster allow them to drag on?

Who will form an Anti-Stupidity Party to save us from ourselves? 
John Bird

Who will form an Anti-Stupidity Party to save us from ourselves? 

As a Northern Ireland peace negotiator, I know just what the Illegal Migration Bill risks
David Trimble John Hume and singer Bono May 1998 and Tim Wheeler
Dr Avila Kilmurray

As a Northern Ireland peace negotiator, I know just what the Illegal Migration Bill risks

How local politics has wilted in Westminster’s shadow
Image: The Big Issue
Local elections

How local politics has wilted in Westminster’s shadow

Mark Rylance: We must remember Brian Haw, 'the most adhesive of protesters'
Brian Haw
Protest

Mark Rylance: We must remember Brian Haw, 'the most adhesive of protesters'

Social media reacts as Liz Truss claims she was 'brought down by the left-wing economic establishment'
liz truss
Liz Truss

Social media reacts as Liz Truss claims she was 'brought down by the left-wing economic establishment'

Decades of initiatives didn't solve poverty. What can we do now?
poverty

Decades of initiatives didn't solve poverty. What can we do now?

Tory MP Neil Parish resigns after admitting twice watching porn in the House of Commons
Neil Parish
Westminster sleaze

Tory MP Neil Parish resigns after admitting twice watching porn in the House of Commons

The controversial new laws rushed through by the government this week
boris johnson
Politics

The controversial new laws rushed through by the government this week

What people are saying about the long-awaited levelling up white paper
levelling up
Levelling up

What people are saying about the long-awaited levelling up white paper

The government's levelling up policies are very similar to axed plans from 5 years ago
Levelling Up

The government's levelling up policies are very similar to axed plans from 5 years ago

How experts think the government should actually be levelling up the country
Levelling Up

How experts think the government should actually be levelling up the country

This government cannot be trusted with the public purse
John Bird

This government cannot be trusted with the public purse

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Nusrat Ghani Islamophobia scandal ‘could put ethnic minority women off a career in politics’
Politics

Nusrat Ghani Islamophobia scandal ‘could put ethnic minority women off a career in politics’

DWP discriminated against disabled people in switch to universal credit, says court
universal credit
Universal Credit

DWP discriminated against disabled people in switch to universal credit, says court

'Pensioners died without getting their due' from DWP, says scathing report
pensions
pensions

'Pensioners died without getting their due' from DWP, says scathing report

MPs vote through ‘deeply depressing’ voter ID laws
voter id
Elections

MPs vote through ‘deeply depressing’ voter ID laws